Information Disclosure Document

12/23/2023
Version. 1.0
To the participants of the “Nationwide Descriptive Epidemiology Research and Multi-Center CaseControl Study of the Mental Health of International Students: For the Prevention of Progression of Illness
Due to Difficulties in Assimilating into a Different Culture” (Kyoto University Ethics Committee
approval number: R1237) (Clinical research)[Title of research]“Addressing the Mental Health and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International University Students: A
Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study”[Ethical review and approval]
Our research has received approval from the Ethics Committee of Kyoto University Graduate School andFaculty of Medicine, as well as the director-general of the Agency for Health, Safety and Environment,
Kyoto University.

[Research aims and social contribution]
Our research aims are to evaluate the severity of mental illness in international university students andidentify any potential risk factors. We will analyze this study and develop management strategies to detectand prevent mental illness in international university students at an early stage. We plan to use thefindings of this study when allocating resources and personnel to support the increasing number ofinternational university students.

[Purpose and method of information use]
The purpose of this study is to identify complex cases of mental illness among international students andto identify risk factors. The information collected will be strictly analyzed and stored within theOccupational Welfare Division, Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto University. In thisstudy, we will reanalyze the information obtained in the “Nationwide Descriptive Epidemiology Researchand Multi-Center Case-Control Study of the Mental Health of International Students: For the Preventionof Progression of Illness Due to Difficulties in Assimilating into a Different Culture” (Kyoto University
Ethics Committee approval number: R1237).

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Information Disclosure Document[Study participants]
International students who were diagnosed with mental illness by school physicians at Osaka University,
Nagoya University, and Kyoto University from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2018.

[Information items to be used]
Age, Gender, Mother country, Course, Diagnosis (ICD-10), Date of the onset of symptoms, Progress ofsymptoms, History of medical consultation, Contents of diagnosis and treatment, Outcome, Medical
history, History of present illness, Family history, Main stressors and related factors, Japanese linguisticabilities (oral literacy), GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning): The lowest score during all
consultation periods.

[Expected date to start using or providing information]
After the date of approval by the representative of the organization[Study period]
From the date of approval by the representative of the organization until March 31, 2028.

[Representative of the organization]
Minoru Yoneda, the Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto University.

[Representative research institute]
Yu Sakagami, the Occupational Welfare Division, Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto
University.

[Collaborative research institutes]
Professor Hiroyoshi Adachi of the Health and Counseling Center, Osaka University.
Specially Appointed Associate Professor Tadashi Sakai of the Global Engagement Center, Nagoya
University.

[Scope of information users]
Only persons associated with the research at their respective institutions are eligible.
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Information Disclosure Document[Representative of management and security of information]
Yu Sakagami, the Occupational Welfare Division, Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto
University.

[About suspension of the use or provision of information to other organizations at the request of the researchsubject]
If you do not wish your information to be used for the research, please inform the contact person, and youwill be excluded from the analysis at the request of the research subject or their representative. We will
disclose the resources related to the study on the Sakagami Laboratory website, Agency for Health, Safety
and Environment, Kyoto University, within a scope that does not hamper the protection of research
participants' personal information and intellectual property.

[Research funding and conflicts of interest]
This research will be funded by the university budget. The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

[Consultation service for queries and questions about the research participants and the concerned people]
You can contact us for queries and consultation regarding the research as follows:a) Kyoto University Consultation Counter
The Agency for Health, Safety and Environment, Kyoto University(Tel)075-753-2393(E-mail) 810kikochosei@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jpb) Consultation service for the research topic
Yu Sakagami, The Occupational Welfare Division, Agency for Health, Safety and Environment,
Kyoto University(Tel)075-753-2411(E-mail) sakagami.yu.5s@kyoto-u.ac.jp

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